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 INDEX tains in 1742-3, 83-128; resume of the discoveries achieved, 83-4; reports of Verendrye's councils with Indian tribes enroute from Fort William (Lake Su- perior) to Fort St. Charles (Lake of the Woods), 85-9; council with the Crees at Fort Maurepas concerning their trade with the English at Hud- son Bay, 89-90; on the way to the Mandans, 98; reception among the Mandans and his disillusionment, 98- 9; ruse of the Mandans to secure the early departure of the Assiniboine reti- nue with Verendrye and account of the first lap of the return trip, 99-114; an incident of theft of bag of goods for presents that embarrasses, 102-5; receives an account of the tribes to the south, 105-6; his son, the Cheva- lier, visits a tribe on the Missouri River, 106-9; having left two French- men among the Mandans to learn language, prepares to set out for home, 109 -10; is taken ill, 110-12; the Assiniboines reproached for mis- leading representations concerning Mandans, explain it as a misapplica- tion of what applied to people further to the south, 112-3; in returning via Lake Winnipeg country has occasion to dissuade large band of Assiniboines from repairing to the English for trade, 114-5; out of patience with de- layed arrival of the Assiniboines, de- parts for the East, 115; Chevalier de la Verendrye on search made by him, his brother, and attendants to dis- cover western sea, 116-29; departure for the coast delayed by fruitless wait- ing for some Indian escort, 117; pene- trate to the southwest, passing vil- lages of several different Indian tribes, 117-9; hear reports of hostile Snake Indian tribes to the west, 118 -9; hav- ing a kind reception from a tribe, an enemy of the Snakes and who report on the people living at the coast. They join a war party proceeding westward, 120-2; panic seizes their Indian escort who beat a retreat, 122-3; the return to the Missouri and the placing of a leaden plate and its recent discovery serves as an identification of their route, 125-9. I '. w Walla Walla, stone marker of spot in, where Indian Council of 1855 was held, 204. Warner Lakes, naming, geology and his- tory of, 9. Wythe, Joseph Henry, 1822 -1901, 424-3; a pioneer in education in Oregon, with considerable equipment of scientific and medical training, 424; bis early life, 424-5; clergyman in eastern Pa., 425-6; as physician exhibits much skill in surgery, 426-7; is enthusiastic and successful in advancing use of. microscope, 427-9; demonstrates dis- covery concerning pulsatory movement, 429-30; surgeon with rank of major in the Civil War and exhibits great efficiency as administrator, 431; is transferred to the Pacific Coast and illness compels resignation from ser- vice, 431-2; re-enters the ministry, preaches in San Francisco, 432; takes presidency of Willamette University with pastorate at Salem, conflicting testimonials as to fitness, 432-5; under his presidency the medical department of Willamette University fully organ- ized, 435 -8; becomes pastor of Taylor Street Methodist Church, Portland, and also engages occasionally in medi- cal practice, 438; transferred to Cali- fornia, services in later years were mainly as member of faculty of Cooper Medical College, 439-40; re- vises his "The Microscopist," writes several books, 440-1; takes anti-evo - lutionary point of view, 441; personal characteristics and versatility applied to highest ends, 442. [454]